Best Editors for HTML & CSS

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✅ Best Editors for HTML & CSS (Free)

Editor Description
VS Code Most popular and powerful editor with HTML/CSS support
Sublime Text Fast and lightweight
Brackets Beginner-friendly and built for web design
Notepad++ Lightweight, good for quick edits (Windows only)
Online Editors No install needed: CodePen, JSFiddle, JSBin

🚀 Let’s Set Up HTML & CSS with VS Code (Recommended)

✅ Step 1: Install VS Code (Skip if already installed)

  1. Download from 👉 https://code.visualstudio.com

  2. Install it normally (Check: “Add to PATH”)

✅ Step 2: Create Your First HTML & CSS Project

  1. Open VS Code

  2. Click File > New File

  3. Save it as:
    👉 index.html

  4. Paste this code:

html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>My First Page</title>
<style>
body {
background-color: #f0f0f0;
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
text-align: center;
}
h1 {
color: #ff5733;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Hello, HTML & CSS!</h1>
<p>This is your first styled webpage.</p>

</body>
</html>

  1. Save it.

✅ Step 3: Open in Browser

  1. Right-click the file in VS Code.

  2. Click “Open with Live Server” (install Live Server extension first if needed).

    • Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)

    • Search “Live Server”

    • Click Install

🎉 Your styled page should open in your browser!

🔌 Recommended Extensions for HTML & CSS in VS Code

  1. Live Server – Auto-refresh browser when you save.

  2. Prettier – Auto-format your code.

  3. HTML CSS Support – Smart auto-complete for CSS inside HTML.

  4. Color Highlight – Shows color previews for CSS colors.

  5. Emmet – Built into VS Code for super fast HTML coding (like ! + Tab = full HTML boilerplate)

🧪 Bonus: Use Online Editors (No Install Needed)

If you want to try HTML/CSS without installing anything:

You can type HTML, CSS, and JavaScript side-by-side and see instant results!

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